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Congratulations to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of State, may God protect him and the people of the Emirates for the historic victory of Al Ain Club with the title of the AFC Champions League.
Congratulations to His Highness Sheikh Hazaa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Governor of Abu Dhabi Emirate... Congratulations to the management of Al-Ain Club and to all the Al-Ain fans, the technical and administrative equipment for the title of the Asia Cup and qualifying for the Club World Cup 2025 in the United States of America
Congratulations to the Emirates for the historic achievement 🇦🇪



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Congratulations to HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and the people of the UAE 🇦🇪 on Al Ain's victory of the 2024 AFC Champions League.

Congratulations to the management of Al Ain Club, its fans, and to the coaching and staff for this important Asian title.

Final Day of racing for the 2023-24 season and we have a record setting number of runners. 10 races, full fields of 15, a UAE record. Post time: 4:45PM. Free admission. Last Post 10PM

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Results from our January 4th race meeting. Next race day is February 3rd. Post time is 5pm unless races are split.

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A record 135 horses declared to run at Al Ain Racecourse on Saturday December 23rd, our 5th meeting of the 2023-2024 season. There are 9 races. Post time 4:30pm. Free entry.

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Exciting night at Al Ain Racecourse for the HH SHEIKH MANSOOR RACING FESTIVAL on UAE NATIONAL DAY WEEKEND. Faaris (FR), owned by YAS Racing storms home in the featured Listed race. Trained by Majed Al Jahouri and ridden to victory by Benardo Pinheiro.

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Salb (FR) and Saif AL Balushi cruise home in tonight's featured 0-100 handicap. Owned by the Royal Cavalry of Oman and trainer by Ibrahim Al Hadhrami.
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Busy night at AL Ain Racecourse for our 3rd meeting of the 2023-24 season.

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Deryan (FR) takes the feature race of the evening on our 2nd race meeting Friday evening, November 3rd, 2023 for HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, trainer Majed Al Jahoori and ridden by Bernardo Pinheiro.

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Opening day results October 28th. The season opener was won by Alhebi (AE) ridden by Ryan Coratolo for trainer Musabbeh Al Mheiri and owner Naser Askar.

Rodrigues lands Al Ain Cup for Al Mahar after Watson confirmed champion alongside O’Shea & Al Nabooda

Friday night’s final meeting of the UAE season was at Al Ain, seven races highlighted by the Al Ain Cup, a 2000m Prestige contest and apprentice Marcelino Rodrigues found a gallant partner in Suny Du Loup who refused to cede victory to persistent challenger Snan.

Riding for Hamad Al Mahar in the silks of Hamad Ali Murshed Khamis Al Marar, Rodrigues dictated the pace early on before passed by Snan and Oscar Chavez early in the straight.

However, Rodrigues’ mount kept battling back, regaining the initiative inside the final 75m, the 5yo entire winning for the fifth time after 15 starts.

For horses foaled in the UAE, the opening 2000m maiden was won in determined fashion by Mubhir Al Ain, never far away under Antonio Fresu, riding for Sh Hamed bin Khadim bin Butti and Ahmed Al Mehairbi.

Bred by Al Ain Stud, the 4yo c**t was opening his account at the fourth attempt, having finished runner-up on both his two most recent appearances, the latest over this course and distance a month ago.

Fresu completed a double in a 1400m maiden for 4yos, partnering Majdy to a relatively straightforward success for Jean de Roualle who trains the c**t on the Al Ain track for Yas Racing. The homebred was winning at the fifth time of asking and on just his second start locally.

Doug Watson dominated the only Thoroughbred contest, a 2000m handicap, saddling a 1-2 with Exciting Days and Oscar Chavez landing the spoils in the colours of Al Bait Mutawahed Team, the pair chased home by stable companion Meqdam under Sam Hitchcott.

The 6yo gelded son of Blame has now won thrice, all in the UAE, having landed a 1400m Jebel Ali maiden at the very end of October 2021 and scoring over 1800m on the turf at Meydan Racecourse, on his penultimate start, at the beginning of February.

The success was enough to confirm Watson as Champion Trainer for a record eighth time, joining Tadhg O’Shea and Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda who defended their jockey and owner titles successfully.

Having been denied a brace in the feature in the interim, Chavez completed a double in the 1800m maiden, this time combining with Al Rahmani Racing and Ahmed Al Mehairbi, 4yo c**t Jafar Des Arnets getting off the mark at the seventh attempt.

Taj Al Izz and Richard Mullen hit the front about 450m from home in a 1600m handicap for horses in private ownership and the pair stayed there, the 5yo entire digging deep, doubling his career tally in the process for Ibrahim Al Hadhrami and Ben Shahwan Arabian Horse Stables.
Trainer Al Hadhrami was actually responsible for each of the first three home.

The finale and concluding race of the UAE campaign, a 1400m maiden for fillies and mares, was won by Hitchcott aboard Hamloola, originally the first reserve, in the colours of Al Asayl for Salem Al Ketbi.

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Season ends Friday under Al Ain lights. Post time: 9pm. Free entry.

The final meeting of the season is at Al Ain on Friday night, seven races kicking off at 9pm and highlighted by the Al Ain Cup, a 2000m Prestige contest in which RB Frynchh Dude will try and defend the title he won last year, just the second running of the contest inaugurated as recently as 2021.

Trained then by Helal Alalawi for Byerley Racing, the 7yo entire is now in the care of Abubakar Daud and will be having his first start for his new trainer after just three starts during a brief season. Bernardo Pinheiro, finishing the season with a flourish, rides.

It has been a memorable first season as a trainer for Nisren Mahgoub who saddles both Snan and Sharkh for Abu Dhabi Racing. A case could be made for both with slight preference perhaps for Snan, the mount of Oscar Chazez, another jockey ending the season in style.

His mount won a conditions contest over this course and distance in January and has been highly tried in three much better races. He should appreciate the drop in class and looks a big danger to all.

Stable companion Sharkh, meanwhile, the mount of Francois Herholdt, won his maiden here at Al Ain, over 1800m, in November 2020 and generally runs well, although only seen twice in public this season thus far.

His most recent five efforts include twice finishing second in Al Ain and a pair of victories on the turf at Abu Dhabi, most recently on his belated seasonal debut in February.

Hamad Al Marar is another new trainer enjoying a fine first campaign and his Suny Du Loup looks to hold leading claims with apprentice Marcelino Rodrigues taking a valuable 3.0kgs off his back.

The 5yo does, however, need to prove his effectiveness on dirt (this will be just his second try, first at Al Ain and he was well beaten on a similar surface – at Meydan Racecourse – on his first try but in a much better race).

Trained on the Al Ain track for Yas Racing by Jean de Roualle and receiving weight from her 14 opponents as the only mare in the race, Tamari has to be taken seriously and the booking of Champion Jockey Tadhg O’Shea looks a significant one.

A 5yo mare, she won a 2100 conditions race in her native France, the highlight of ten European outings, before debuting locally in a 2000m handicap, finishing second, on this course, a months ago.

Last year’s winning trainer Alalawi saddles both Fettah Du Loup and Kalifano De Ghazal for The National Stables. Both would appear to hold similar claims in a truly wide-open race that helps bring down the seasonal curtain in style.

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